Israel

GPM Satellite Sees Storms Over Israel

An upper level low generated stormy weather for a few days as it moved through the southeastern Mediterranean. Heavy rainfall in these storms resulted in deadly flash floods that killed ten teenagers in southern Israel. The GPM core observatory satellite passed above intense storms that were moving through the eastern Mediterranean on April 25, 2018 at 1409 UTC (4:09 PM IST). Data collected by the satellite's Microwave Imager (GMI) and Dual Frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR) instruments revealed the location of heavy rainfall that was approaching Israel. GPM's radar (DPR Ku Band) measured